put together

put together
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "put together":
present tense I/you/we/they put together he/she/it puts together present participle putting together past tense put together past participle put together
1) to produce or organize something using many different things

Initially, they simply put together a series of guidelines.

The exhibition has been put together by a group of young artists.

2) to make something by joining all its parts

Will you help me put this desk together?

3) to choose people or things to form a team or group

A team of experts has been put together to examine the effects of global warming.

4) than someone/something put together used for saying that someone or something is better or bigger than the whole of a group of other people or things

He knows more about computers than the rest of them put together.


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